Amazing Spider-Man #17 Review

Writer: Nick Spencer / Artist: Humberto Ramos / Marvel Comics As respected comic book consumers we’ve seen our fair share of ass whoopings. Some classics that come to mind are when Mark gets pummeled by his father in “Invincible” and pretty much every three Daredevil comics. One character who I’ll never get used to seeing knocked around is Spider-Man. I know he’s been like 30 something for years but my momma bear brain kicks in and shouts, “My baby, no!!” I think you know where this is going. Life is hard for Spidey in The Amazing Spider-Man 17. Spencer and Ramos officially begin the anticipated Hunted story. Kraven begins to unveil his plan for either death or glory bringing together the cogs in his elaborate, unclear but without a doubt hunting-related plan. Major players include Spider-Man, Blackcat, and every B-list animal related villain you can think of. Some characters will be familiar to everyone (Hi, Scorpion). Others, you’ll pat yourself (and probably thank Brian Michael Bendis) for knowing them (Armadillo? I thought he turned a new leaf. Spider-man, weakened by sickness and driven by sheer responsibility, is ambushed by Kraven’s clone-son. The wall crawler awakens to find himself exactly where Kraven wants. I’ll admit (I have to since my last review is on the internet forever) that I was not looking forward to this book. It took page 5 to realize that something special was going on. Humberto Ramos scatters differently styled panels among shots of Spider-Man swingi…